PopUp Killer Gets Killed
“After numerous reports of problems with Internet Explorer from many new PopUp Killer users I have decided to discontinue my most beloved little baby.”
Expect to see more and more “free” authors making the same decision. All take, take, take, take, take, and no give. The world doesn't work that way, and anybody who believes otherwise is living under a sad, sad blanket of delusion. I'm surprised more sites and services haven't dropped off the face of the Internet already. If they're not making plans to go “fee,” then they're pretty much signing their own death certificate. Years ago, things were different. Expecting anybody to maintain their “Internet presence” with yesterday's mindset is just stupid. STUPID. So, lament the loss of yet another freebie, but don't lambaste the author for giving up on the project.
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5 Comments
Anonymous
March 4th, 2002
at 7:28pm
the golden age of the internet is over. I remember that year, when I didn't pay any more than $6 for a cd (thanks to coupon-wars between CDNow and -RIP- music boulevard)…paying full price for a book (thanks, barnes and noble.com and amazon). MAN there were a ton of coupons back then! I haven't seen coupons like that in almost two years now. hehe – I still have my Free PC from freepc.com – that was great…got a few $10 checks from stupid companies who paid me to keep “ad banners” open on my desktop while I slept. they've all gone belly-up.
and, on top of that. . . napster, the epitome of the free internet, is dead.
did anybody REALLY think the free internet would last?
Anonymous
March 4th, 2002
at 7:59pm
Users of free software are to be blamed. You are right with the no give part. It's okay to report problems, or give constructive critisism/feedback/suggestion to the author of the software. But some users, well, they complain and DEMAND. Some users love to intimidate and discourage authors as well. Come on, if you don't like it, shut up and don't use it, else give something back, and hey, Money helps as well if you don't know how to code.
Anonymous
March 5th, 2002
at 5:31am
Agreed…
Anonymous
March 5th, 2002
at 5:51pm
Where does Lockergnome stand on Free / Fee?
Anonymous
March 5th, 2002
at 10:27pm
i rather use pow from the good guys @ analogx